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		Everyone knows French artist Claude Monet's "Water Lilies," which he painted in his garden. You find the images everywhere from galleries to dorm rooms and dentists' lounges.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ari Shapiro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances Mayes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idries Shah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Taylor-Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I do get some Botox, but needles in the face scare me, so I don't really know if I am ever going to do that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Bertinelli 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Becker 
			 
			
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		I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wallace Shawn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. B. Sweeney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. Michael Straczynski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Schneider 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Brown